The Alberta Worker
Since July 2022, Alberta’s unemployment rate has been rising, having increased a full percentage point in the last 6 months. That’s the highest increase outside of Atlantic Canada.
Earlier this month, Statistics Canada released the annual statistics for labour force characteristics by industry. I went through them to see which industries employed the most people in Alberta.
Sort of. But there’s something you should know.
Since 2014, Alberta’s oil & gas industry has increased annual production to an additional 4.1 million cubic metres. But they did it with 34,000 fewer workers.
Since 2014, Alberta’s oil & gas industry has increased annual production to an additional 4.4 million cubic metres. But they did it with 41,000 fewer workers.
The federal Conservatives have released their preliminary campaign platform. Here’s what I think of it.
Specific projects should be judged based on their specific benefits, not benefits they share with hundreds of other projects.
Earlier this month, the provincial government announced $11.6 million in infrastructure spending for 6 projects in Calgary, Edmonton, and Wetaskiwin. The projects include retrofits, repairs, and upgrades to 6 provincial buildings in these communities. About 80% of the funding will come from the federal government, $9.2 million to be more precise. The remaining 20%—about $2.32 […]
Because the 2,000 construction jobs lost through the cancellation of Keystone XL pale to the number lost since 2015.
A recently released 12-month survey found expectation differences between employers and job seekers as the region attempts to fill 8,400 jobs over the next 5 years.